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Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-03-09

Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1897), 1909-03-09 page 1

WEATHER Rain Tuesday with colder in west portion; Wednesday clearing and colder, REBUILD a suitable home. Sell the one you, have by calling TIE IN STYLE, sell your old spring jacket of last season and pay the difference for a new one in style by calling Citizen phone 11161 or Bell Main 8200. 11161 11162 11163 11164 J Main 8200 Bell ( Main 8201 Phone ("Main 8202 Main 8203 - 1 . T Cit. Phone JJIINETY-NINTH YEAR. OS 5S1HS II RAISE FUNDS Mr. Taft Points Out Need of Enacting Tariff Bill as Soon T acing a deficit Mr! MacVeagh Says, Stamp Tax May Be Necessary Taft to . . Visit the West. By Associated Press to State Journal. WASHINGTON, March 8. The problem of financing the government tJ$iding the necessary funds to carry aijUthe projects under way and maintain the plans of the Taft administration and making the demands square with a new tariff schedule is the work with which President Taft, Senator Aldrich. Speaker Cannon and Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh were engaged at a two-hour conference, at the White House this afternoon. The necessity for the enactment of a tariff bill at the earliest possible moment was discussed, there being little reference to the details of the proposed legislation. Whether a definite policy was outlined at the conference could not be stated. That the manufacturers and other large Interests are demanding early tariff legislation and that- the business conditions of the country will be necessarily unsettled Until; the tariff schedules are finally fixed by Congress were the principal reasons given for the desire to permit nothing xo Interfere with prompt action by congress at the special session. v Republican Pledged to Act. The possible delay which the house "Insurgents may cause by promulgat ling a fight on the rule- i ." 'he further difficulties that may bi , . m the way of getting the tariff bill through without delay were thoroughly gone Into. The conferees agreed that every Re publican in the house and senate is pledged by the party piatrorm to Jet nothing Interfere with an Immediate rea'fTJon. f, Jasldent Taft told the tariff framers laU Saturday that his special message on tariff, revision' would contain no reference to specific schedules. Mr. Taft, however, has made a consistent fight for a genuine revision of the tariff and has let It be known In many ways that he 'would be satisfied with nothing less. In his inaugural address he frankly called attention to the I100.000.000 deficit which confronted his administration, and he suggested the possible necessity of an Inheritance tax to make up some of the future revenues. Franklin, MacVeagh has allowed himself to be quoted as to the possible necessity of a stamp box. Mav Rasort ta Othat Means. - - It is certain that since the conference today there Is a mora definite understanding as to what may and what may not be desired of the proposed new tariff as a revenue producer. If the conclusion has been reached that the tariff revision must be radical, provision in the bill may be looked for which will have for its purpose the raising of revenue by other means than a tax on Imports. Mr. MacVeagh was sworn in as secretary of the treasury at 3 and an hour later he was in conference with the president, the speaker of the house and the leader of the senate. Aether day of crowded offices and thn MU in the east room and other ava'iible portions of the White House was the record. President Taft, of necessity, gave much of his time to callers who wished merely to pay their respects. He, however, turned out an immense grist of mall, conferred at some length with Postmaster General Hitchcock, particularly regarding the successor of Collector Crum at Charleston, S. C-; saw many sonators and representatives who wished to make their peace at headquarters with reference to future patronage; lunched at the temporary residence of his brother, C. P. Taft, and tonight made one of a box party at a local theater. The president was given a rousing ovation when he entered his box at the theater. The play was "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." The orchestra played "America" and the audience applauded for fully five minutes, Mr. Taft smilingly acknowledging the greeting. Mrs. Taft, Mr. and Mrs. Moore of Cincinnati, house guests at the White House, and Lieutenant Reed, U. S. N., were in the party. . Mrs. Taft was hostess at a box party In the afternoon at the Pader-ewskl recital. The party Included Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Nicholas Anderson, Mrs. Charles Anderson and Miss Berry, the president's aunt. Straus May Go Abroad. While the information is unofficial, it is understood to be almost definitely settled, that former Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor, will be appointed ambassador to JSi. It is well known to1 those In tci ih with Mr, Straus that he leans toward a diplomatic career and the position of ambassador to Japan would appeal strongly to him. While he was secretary of commerce and labor, he had laregly to do with the Japanese immigration question and his attitude on that matter is known to have met the approval of the Japanese government. - Mr. Straus has reached no definite conclusion, but it is not unlikely that a formal announcement of his appointment to some important diplomatic post will be made In the near future. That President Taft contemplates a general trip through the South and West this autumn was indicated by him today, when he said he would try to attend the forty-ninth annual encampment of the G. A. R. to be held in Salt Lake City, Aug. 9 to 14. The invitation was extended by Senators Smoot and Sutherland of Utah, who alsf represented the executive commit! Jb of the G. A. R. President Taft eartrthat he should like very much to attend the meeting and It might be quite possible for him to do so in view of his Intended trip through the South and West. ' .,.-,. "The original Roosevelt club", from St. Paul got Into the White House today and brought back vivid memories of former times. The club was under -the guidance of Hugh T. Halbert, 75 strong. , Mr. Taf t accorded them a warm reception in the east room. The British ambassador and Mrs. Bryee paid their respects to President Continued on Second Page. N6. 68. VICTIMS OF SUNDAY JOHN 3AB0 (seated) AND ill -IT ; y The first named was killed. . George Sabo ia not expected to live at Mercy hospital. Frank Zido, who shot them, it in the city prison. H ON THE FREE LIST Duties on, Lumber Are Cut in Half in the Proposed New Tariff Law. Substantial Reduction Is Made in Steel Rails, Tools and Simi- . lar Products. By AmoclateA Praia to Stat Journal ! , WASHINGTON, March 8. A cut of one-half In the duties on lumber and manufactures of lumber is understood to be one of the changes provided by the new tariff bill . which is being printed preparatory to , its final revision by the Republican members of the house ways and means committee. Another change that has been made, according to information from reliable sources, is that hides have been placed on the free list. There has been much contention over the duties of these two articles. During the hearings of the lumber schedule the testimony was of such a character as to Jead to the impression that lumber would be put on the free list. It was said that the forests of the country could only be conserved by admitting foreign lumber free of duty. It is understood that Glfford Plnchot, chief forester, Is pre paring figures for the committee in a further effort to have lumber placed on the free list. Champ Clark declared at the hearings that the profits of the lumber Interests were unduly large. . . ? Representative Fordney of Michigan, a member of the committee, has championed the cause ' of the lumber men. and the latter have been working energetically to prevent the free entry of lumber. New Englanders for Free Hides. They contend that the rates of duty should be increased "in order that the American industry may compete with the cheaper labor employed in Canada and because of the better facilities for transportation afforded by the proximity of the Canadian . lumber camps to - waterways. - The effort to obtain free hides . Is being made principally by the . New England shoe and leather manufacturers and is strongly opposed by the cattlemen of the West. It is said the tariff framers have agreed to a material reduction on leather manufactures.An impression prevails that the plan Is to have the hide and leather schedule fixed in conference after the questions have - been thoroughly threshed out on the floor of the house, In the senate finance committee and on the floor of the senate. While no figures were obtainable regarding the steel schedule, It was stated on the same authority that a substantial reduction in the duty of steel rails, tools and similar products is provided for. A duty of four cents a pound on coffee Is levied. This is by way of compromise with the Porto Ricans, who demanded a tax of six cents a pound. . Whisky and beer will remain as they are at present, if the sub-committee's recommendations are enacted into law. It was felt that whisky was already carrying all the tax it could stand, while In the case of beer the prohibition movement throughout the country, it was explained, had cut down the consumption of beer, and it was felt that it would be a hardship to Impose any further tax. It having become manifest to the committee that the duties derived from customs under the new bill would not produce the revenue expected, they turned to the expedient of reviving the war revenue act of 1898, which placed a tax on telegrams, bank receipts, playing cards and all stocks bought or sold. That feature of the -war rer-enue act Is Incorporated in the measure as drafted, it is said. A matter which Ms perplexing ' the committee is that of plaolng a tax on inheritances. (. President Taft wants it, it Is declared, and Is pressing the committee to take action. alonV that Continued on Second Paa. DES ARE PLACED NIGHTS SHOOTING HIS BROTHER, GEORGE 8ABO. y- BLOWS UP. THEN SINKS Spanish" Steamer Mouro Lost Off Cape De La Chevre. (By Aaaoclated Praa to Stata Journal. BREST, March 8. The Spanish steamer Mouro has sunk about! two miles off Cape DeLa Chevre.; The fate of the crew is unknown, no boats from the ship having been seen. A fishing boat reports that the Mouro was swept by the heavy seas on a ledge of rocks and that the boilers blew up almost Immediately, the steamer sinking like a stone. --t One of the whale boats pf. the vessel had been washed, ashorty butvit , was empty. - ..- . -' . 'V -, The steani'.'r Moure-was hound tfroni Huelva for London and was last' reported at Perrol on- Feb, 13 in a damaged condition. She was 1137 tons. E Tl SB II IS Youth Loses Control of His Balloon and Falls 4000 Feet Into Waters of the Pacific. By Aaaoclated Pros to Staita JournaJ.l SAN PEDRO, Cal., March 8. While hundreds watched his frantic efforts to control a great ballon, which was swiftly bearing him out over the Pacific ocean, this afternoon, Lester Elk- Ins, 20 years old, an amateur aeronaut, soared 4000 feet Into the air before he cut loose his parachute and dropped Into the waters of the outer harbor to his death. As th stiff wind carried him out to sea, boatmen hastily left the inner har bor in launches to rescue him, but ow ing to the high wind their efforts were useless. , , ." As the huge bag arose it careened and carried rapidly out over the water. Elkins tried desperately to guide it back to the" land by swinging from the bar below, , but Boon the balloon was far out to sea. The parachute filled after he had. fallen a short distance, but was caught by the wind and carried him still further out and he fell in the ocean a mile beyond Dead Man's Island. Elkins came to California a few months ago from San Antonio, Texas, where his mother now lives. His body has not been recovered. DISCHARGED, HE SHOOTS Railroad Cashier Kills the Agent and Takes Own Life." By Associated Preai to Btait Joumat. DEVILS LAKE, N. D.,' March 8. E. M. Bryant, cashier of the Great Northern depot at Devil's Lake, shot O. J. Hoepner, the agent, through the head today and then turned the revolver to his own head, shooting himself. The shooting occurred In the Great Northern depot. Hoepner died on the way to the hospital and Bryant died shortly before noon. . Hoepner discharged Bryant yesterday and when the latter arrived at the office this morning, he found Auditor W. W. Howard of the Great Northern there to check him out. Bryant, on seeing the auditor, drew a revolver from his desk drawer and fired at Hoepner, who dropped to the floor. Auditor Howard has been unable to ascertain the exact alleged , shortage in Bryant's accounts, being unable to open the safe, the combination which was known only oy woepner. Both men leave large families.. Village Has Bad Fire. ' WOOSTER, March 8. Fire caied' a loss of 112,000 to (15,000 in the village ot Marshallvllle this morning.' Residences occupied 'by E. G. Pilklngton, Dr. William Pfouts and Mrs. Jacob Welmer and Hlnderer block. occunlel by Pilklngton's bakery and Dr, Pfout's office were consumed. The building of the Marshallvllle Baking company and residence of Dr. J. N. Sheldon were badly damaged. The owner carried but little insurance. ' ' COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1909. BENNETT KILLS SELF 16 OFFICE Superintendent of Wyandotte Building Fires Bullet Into His Brain. HAD POOR HEALTH Dead Body Found by Janitors Several Hours After the Trsgrdy. With a self-inflicted wound in. his right temple, from which were oozing blood and brains, and with a long cut in the back of the head, Jesse yi. Bennett, 62 years old, superintendent of the Wyandotte building In West Broad street, was found in his office on the seventh floor of that structure at 7 o'clock last evening. Near the body lay' a 38-caliber revolver containing wo shells, one of which had been .exploded. The man had been dead more than an hour. ' The discovery was made by; two colored Janitors, who notified several tenants of the building. Dr. j. W. Lisle, 29 West Broad street, was called, but found that death had been instantaneous and medical attention wuid be of no avail. Soon after he arrived at the office he was Joined by ut. w. u. Hamilton and Dr. O. H. Sei-lenings, who also made an examination of the body. Falls on Letter File. The bullet had entered the right temple and taken an upward course, shattering the skull and crashing through the brain. The roll toD desk In the office was open and his revolv ing chair wits turned as to indicate that the fatal shot had been fired while Mr. Bennett wes seated and had turned from his desk, upon which were a number of papers. There were slight burns near the wound and some discoloration, which would indicate that the shot had been fired at close range. The right hand was clutched Just as It would have been had it held , the revolver. At first glance It appeared that Mr. Bennett had been a victim of foul play, as the long, deep cut in the back of the head Indicated a blow from some sharp object. On investigation, however, it was found that the .man In falling front the chair had struck his head upon the edge of a -letter file which wa?i near his 4ekv- On .this wt. fount half.' a tbloed.v' ' ...... ; Irt Poor Health for' Some' Time, The revolver, which lay In the mid dle of the floor, was a S8-caliber of the Smith & Wesson make.. It was new, and from all appearances had never been fired but once. This led to the belief that it had J"t .been purchased. Mr. Bennett was Seen about the building as late a 4:45 p. m., and ap peared to be cheerful and in the best of numor. He talked to several tenants.Friends say Mr. Bennett has been In 111 health for some time, and Just recently suffered from a hemorrhage of the lungs, which greatly worried him. He had remarked to some of his personal friends that he feared that he had tuberculosis. He also complained of other ailments, and It is believed by men closely associated with him that worry over the condition of his health temporarily unbalanced his mind. He was naturally of a cheerful disposition, although peculiar In his Mr. Bennett had been superintendent of the Wyandotte building Blnce its completion 14 years ago. He was formerly employed in local banks. He held various positions with the old National Exchange bank and the Huntington National bank. After he left the former institution he accepted a position with the Nelsonvllle Coal company. Ill health compelled him to resign from the Huntington bank and he went to Nebraska, where he took charge of some real estate owned and controlled by a syndicate of Columbus men. For many years Mr. Bennett lived at 43 South Fourth street and Just recently traded hia home at that number for residence property at 31 Jefferson avenue, where he has made' his home. Mr. Deshler Break News. Shortly after the tragedy, John G. Deshler went to the Bennett home to break the news of the death of the husband and father. Mrs. Bennett Is related to the Deshler family. She Is the adopted daughter, of John G. Deshler, a brother of William G. Deshler, who died more than 20 years ago. She was known as Miss Alice Deshler before her marriage. Mr. Bennett leaves besides the widow, two daughters, Miss Sarah Bennett and Mrs. Frederick Jeffers, and one son, John Bennett, the latter employed by the Ohio Paper company. In addition to his duties as superintendent of the Wyandotte building he had charge of the Deshler building at Broad and High streets and did considerable work in" looking after Deshler properties. After being viewed by Coroner Hanes the body was removed to the R. E. Jones undertaking establishment In East Broad street, where it will be prepared for burial. While Mr. Bennett was known as Jesse by his many friends, his name was Joshua and he was so called by his older associates. AERONAUTS IN A RIVER Mistake Sandbar for Shore and Nearly Drown. By Associated Press to State Journal. ANTWERP, March 8. Henri Le-blanc and Louis Dupont, French aeronauts, had a narrow escape from ieath by drowning today while crossing the river Scheldt In a balloon. They mistook a sandbar in the middle of the river for the shore and started to dome down. They missed the bar and struck the water, the wind driving the car over the surface. The two men were forced to climb into the rigging, but were time and again Immersed. Finally the balloon was driven to the shore and the two men, half drowned, were rescued. Teach English in Gautemala. , MEXICO City, March 8. Hereafter the English language will be taught In all the public school of Guatemala. TAKES SMALL DRUGSTORE Roosevelt Well Supplied With Medicines and Instruments. By Associated Preai to Statt Journal. NEW YORK, March 8.r-MedIcIne enough f,or a regiment and surgical instruments enough to do the work of an ordinary hospital will be carried by Theodore Roosevelt to Africa, all' condensed so as to fill a suit case. There are 15,000 doses In the tabloids, nearly 40 per cent of them quinine. The other medicines are to ward off diseases most prevalent In equatorial Africa, chemicals to make swamp water pure and palatable, cures for snake bites; stimulants, opiates, knives and bandages. ' These supplies, packed In unbreakable and air-tight bottles of avulcanite- composition, fit Into an aluminum case 15 by 10 by 8. Major Edgar A. Meams, U. S. A., retired, medical director of Hie Roosevelt expedition, dictated the selection of medicines to be carried. Liquids find no place In the assortment nor In the outfit for developing photographs prepared for Kermit Roosevelt by the same firm and put up In equally condensed form. FOUR KILLED II Town of Brinkley in Flames and Relief Is Rushed from Neighboring City.' Tornado Hits Passenger Train and Hurls It from Track. Many Injured. By Associated Press to Slat Journall LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Match 8. Four persons are reported dead and a number injured, as the result of a vio lent storm which swept through western, eastern and southern Arkansas late this afternoon and tonight. Three are reported to have been killed at Brinkley and dispatches at midnight on the only wire In operation between that place and Little Rock, a railroad wire, were to the effect that the town was in flames and its complete destruction seemed Inevitable.Wires are down throughout the state and onty meager reports have reached Ltttl5 Rock thus far. ACfftittltilgbt '- Wjti) . train., bearing physicians and nurses and the fire lighting apparatus of thut place, was started from Forrest City for Brinkley. Those reported to have been killed at Brinkley are: Daughter of T. M. Burch. Foote, merchant. , Starrett, merchant. A Cotton Belt passenger train, due in Little Rock at 6:30 tonight, is lost In the vicinity of Baucum, where a tornado struck and Is reported to have been swept off the track. Another report Is to the effect that the train was struck by lightning. A tornado struck at Fourche Dam at 5 o'clock this afternoon, within five miles of Little Rock, killing a negro boy and injuring other negroes. Two houses were demolished and one was completely destroyed by fire after it had been blown to bits. Several negroes are reported to be fatally hurt. Family Buried in Debris. . The tornado crossed the Arkansas river at Fourche Dam and raised a spout ot water about 200 feet high. It traveled toward the northeast and swept a clean path about 60 yards wide. It was impossible to get any definite reports from that vicinity tonight. The tornado was followed by a violent hall and rain storm, which kept up throughout the night. The same tornado passed into Baucum, where the extent of the damage is also unknown and from there to Kerr in Lake county, where several homes were demolished and E. B. Adams, a farmer, was seriously, if not fatally injured. He, with his wife, son, and three others, were in the house at the time of the storm. They were buried In the debris, but all escaped alive. The home of Dan Wagner, a sawmill operator, ' near there, was also destroyed, but he and his wlfo escaped with a few bruises. A gin and several negro cabins were demolished. All the windows of a train, between Gurdon and Rester, were blown out At Malvern the Methodist church was entirely destroyed at a loss of $6000. The Baptist church was damaged, a portion of the courthouse was unroofed and other extensive damage was done. No loss of life was reported, although the extent of the damage in the surrounding country was not known. COLD WAVE IN TEXA3. DALLAS, Texas, March 8. A cold wave prevails over northern and eastern Texas today following ' a rain nf several hours.' It is feared the fruit crop will be destroyed if a predicted e , - w. I i. . MURDEROUS CHIEF CRAZY Indian Who Ran Amuck at Station Has Hallucinations. By Associated Press to State Journal.) CINCINNATI, Maroh 8. Blcody, the Navajo Indian chief who recently ran amuck here in the Grand Central station and cut three persons, was examined by Dr. David Wolfstein, alienist, today, and pronounced Insane. Blcody has the hallucination that voices told him to kll the victims of his rage in order to save himself. He also believes that the palei. es have killed his wife since ha left Arizona Prosecutor Hunt of Hamilton county will ask the secretary of the Interior to take! steps to have the government pay damages to the victims of Bicody's knife. . . Burglars Steal Wooden Leg. NEW ORLEANS, March 8. A decidedly unique burglary was reported to the police last night by A. L. Robert. The most valuable article taken from Robert's room, was his wooden leg, on which the owner placed an intrinslo value of 1100. STORM OHIO HORARY, COLUMBU3, ROCKEFELLER'S CHURCH SEEKS HIM REV. DR. GEORGE B. CUTTEN, fkSi' " (I 1 ; -jr'. ii,.. ,.-. i !.' -.; ,. f 1 - . I ' V - - f4 - v ' " l mil Pastor of First Baptist church, who from the Euclid Avenue Baptist tends in Cleveland, The committee had heard Rev. Dr. -Cutten preach Sunday and the members of it were well pleased. They are anxious to have him go to Cleveland. POLICE BELIEVE COLTZ WAS -HERE Murderer of Fannie Hagelganz Said to Have Been in Columbus Last Thursday. Last Columbus Man Who Saw Her Alive Thinks There Is a Will. Columbus police have Information that Frank Coltz, wanted In connec tion with the murder of Fannie Hagelganz, near Morgans, spent last Thurs day night in Columbus. This was the night before the murder was discov ered. Clrclevllle authorities all along have felt that the man had a pal In this city and they believe they ore now on his track. The police officials also claim to have information, which they are not ready to divulge, leading them to believe that they can put their hands on Coltz In a few days and that he has not left the country, as was first im agined. The natural Inference from tnis is that he did not secure the money which it was supposed he got. ' Coroner Courtnglit of Pickaway county said yesterday he had not been fruitful of important developments. He also said an officer from Clrclevllle would arrive in Columbus today In an effort to locate the gold watch and the diamond ring belonging to the dead woman, which are believed to have been pawned here. Inquest Today. The coroner's inquest will tie held at Clrclevllle today and it is expected that Important revelations will be made In the testimony. Captain Dyer of the local police force is greatly Interested in the case, but finds it lmpo ible to accept the conclusion of the Pickaway officials that Coltz spent one or two nights with the dead body. That runs counter to almost all criminal experience. He be lieves, also, that Coltz must have a friend or associate nearer than Columbus and that when that person Is found the whereabouts of the missing man will be more readily ascertained. According to Dyer it is not necessarily the work of an exception ally clever criminal, as natural conditions assisted, so materially in covering 'Up the crime. Peter Zapp of 808 East Mound street probably Is the last person from Co lumbus who saw the dead woman alive and the only one, so far found, who met and would recognize the missing Coltz. Zapp visited the Hagelganz farm February 6, and stayed there for dinner and supper, at both of which meals he sat at the table with Coltz, In general his description answers to that already furnished, hut he emphasizes the evil look of the man and he told his wife, on returning home, that he didn't like the looks of . the man "Fannie had working for her." It seems that Coltz .was engaged In grubbing and MIsb Hagelganz told Zapp that he (Coltz) was no good with horses. Zapp describes the man as having deep-set eyes with prominent, dark eyebrow's. He says he had a sort of insolent stare and talked in a snarl-lng fashion. ': ' In January Zapp bought a load of hogs from Miss Hagelganz, paying her 65 in cash for them. It was the only financial transaction he had -with her recently. Believes There Is a Will. Zapp Is convinced the woman had made a will. She asked hira and his brother Charles to be pallbearers In the event of her dying.' She told them that she had arranged that each of her pallbearers was to receive $50. This conversation was not known to those who had her funeral In charge. The Zappa attended the obsequies Sunday and when the story reached the ears of the funeral party, two of the selected pallbearers Immediately gave way and the Messrs. Zapp assisted. at the last rites. Mr. Zapp had known the dead woman Continued on ttlxtk STATE 1909 OHIO was visited yesterday by a committee church, which John D. Rockefeller at NEWLYWEDS FIRED UPON o Shot Crash Through Window and Pass Over Bed. By jaoclated Press to 8tte Journal. ' MOBILE, Ala., March 8. A special from Jackson, Miss., says that Jesse Davis, a well-to-do farmer of DeSoto county, was married Friday and took nis bride to his home the same night. Early in the night there was a call at the gate, but the groom declined to respond. Soon after the couple retired fop the night a load of buckshot was fired through a wlnddvjf passing over the bed barely missing the-' bride and groom. CHURCH DFTHEOILKING SEEKS COLUMBUS PASTOH Eucid Ave. Baptist Church of Cleveland Would Like to Secure Rev. George B. Cutten. Rev. George B. Cutten, pastor of the First Baptist church in East Broad street, was paid a high compliment yesterday when a delegation of officers and members of the Euclid Ave nue Baptist church of Cleveland, of which John D. Rockefeller is a mem ber, called on him and discussed with him the possibilities of his accepting a call to that church. The pastorate has been held by Dr. Charles Eaton, who resigned some time ago and is now preaching in New York City. The Euclid Avenue church Is one of the richest in the Middle West and annually expends $40,000 In religious work. . It is located In the downtown district of Cleveland and has become famous as the place of worship of the oil king and other wealthy and prominent citizens of the Forest. City. , Rev. Mr. Cutten came to Columbus In October of 1907 and has made many mends during his stay In this city. IXo formal call was Issued to Rev. Mr. Cutten and it is said in all probability he would not accept one from the Cleveland church. SLAIN BY HIGHWAYMAN Girl S 4ps Robber and He Then Shoots Her. By Associated Press to Stat Journal. BALTIMORE, ... March 8. Jennie Reed, aged 21, of this city, was mur dered tonight by a' highwayman at Mount Washington, a -residence suburb. She and Joseph Mueller, to whom she was engaged to be married were on the way to visit friends at Mount Washington and, according to Mueller's statement, left the car at South avenue. When they had walked nail a block and were in a lonelv place they .were stopped by a man, who, leveling a pistol, called for their valuables. Mueller,- he ' says, ' gave up what money he had, and then the highwayman demanded a necklace worn by Miss Reed. Her reply was a slap In the-face, .upon' receiving which the man fired, the bullet striking the gtrl behind , the left ear. She was' carried into a nearby house, but death had been almost Instantaneous. The highwayman disappeared and Is being diligently sought by the police. Mueller, who appears to have been the only witness to the, shooting, was placed under arrest. V , Last December Mueller received a threatening anonymous letter, in which he was warned that if he did not cease his attentions, to Miss Reed he would be made to , suffer. Some time thereafter there came to him by mall a box of candles, the contents of wnicn were round to have contained poison.' The sender of the package iim never unn aiecovereu. Poisoned by Fricaseed Chicken. BERLIN, March 8. Ninety-four nurses and attendants of the Vlrchow hospital are suffering slightly from ptomaine poisoning, following the eat ing or rricaseea chicken. One cunt In Orentn Columbua. Xho rente at alt other point. SENATORS SPIT Special Order for Direct Legisla- . tion Starts a Series of Clashes. ' MORE DUE TODAY House Members Spend Hours of Session Playing for Political Points. Probably, the livelv fieht of tnAav iit be on the initiative and referendum resolution, which yesterday came from the house amended out of all .am biance to the original draft. It is still umciently obnoxious to draw a stronaj vpvuBiuun in the senate, though It riggiea through the lower body bv a narrow margin. Yesterday Senator Mather 'nrenlni. tated a temporary whirlwind skirmish oy moving its reference to the Judiciary committee, declaring it to be with- ' out precedent that a constitutional amendment was, proposed without iu Having oeen considered by the Judiciary committee of botn bodies. Senator Baker sought to Intervene avith iiiuiiuii to inaennitely postpone,' but was ruled to be out of order Senator Huffman, Democratic leader, charged that Mather's motion was only a subterfuge which aimed- at the ulti mate nmomering of the resolution in-committee. Consideration, such as Mather demanded would be impossible, as the senator must know. "If you are going to kill the proposition, do it in the open," Huffman challenge Don't get it into a closet and murder it." Duval and Mather Scrap. The charge that Senator Mather waa not sincere in his motion was made by Senator Duval, Republican, who hue championed the initiative and referendum ever since he entered the senate. Mather replied warmly, declaring Du- val must know the amendment could not be submitted to the people until after the next session of the legislature and demanding o know why this unseemly haste was persisted in by me iriBiiuM vi me measurp; why op-' portunity for consideration . bv t'i committee was opposed. ' Mather declared this frantic effort to have the resolution rushed through tne senate was not due by any means , to the enthusiasm of the friends of the measure. Jn this body; Back of it' all waa the imluenee and- prsev!rri(u or one man. woom- fie doubted not most of the senators could, nanre-'wl nvho-, at that moment sat within the iounl of his voice. Up in the gallery Rev. Herbert Blgelow of Cincinnati, cham plon of direct legislation,;, listened expressionless. . - . ' "The senator well knows why this urgency obtains," Senator Duval re plied. "It U to lessen the haste neces-sury in educating the people. If this resolution is adopted now its friends will have a year longer in which to press it before the public. That is the reason we desire to have it adopted now. "It isn't for us to say whether there shall be an amendment or not. It is for a higher authority than us to do-' cide. It is for the will of the sovereign people to declare." Bigelow'a Boundaries Defined. Senator Patterson arose and with a brief explanation read a letter from a-Cincinnati man In which it was stated that Rev. Mr. Blgelow had instructed friends of the initiative and referendum In Cincinnati to send telegrams and letters before Monday evening,-especially to Senator Crawford, as the , resolution was coming up, for a vote Monday evening. "I sat here the other day," Patterson said, "and heard a senator protest against being driven to vote for a measure. Now I want to know who is driving the affairs of this senate? How did this man who belongs neither to this house, the other house, nor to any other save the house of God, know what was going to be done this even ing?" Patterson also argued for consideration for the measure - at the hands of the committee. The motion to refer to the Judiciary committee waa lost by a vote of 18 to 13. ' Voting against reference - werei Alsdorf. Bader Beatty, Cretone Cory. Crawford, Dean, Duval, Gillette, Huff man, Keller, Lawyer, MeK.ee, Mahaf-fey Keller, Shaffer, Thompson and Williams. Absent were: Cameron, GotBhall and Yount, Senator Baker moved to table the resolution, but his motion waa lost, 28 to $ Then Senator Duval's motion to make the resolution a special order for 10:05 a. m. today waa adopted. PLAYING FOR POINTS f HOUSE DOES MUCH Amends Clevenger Resolution and Kills It, But Passes Several Important Bills. Playing for political points and tor nothing else, the Republican and the Democrats of the house yeatariiajr managed . unthinkingly and uninten tionally so to revamp the Clevenger taxation resolution as to make it a possible' instrument for procuring valuable data fori the framing, next session, of laws for the taxation of public service corporations. This was to fee . by a probe of these corporations, for whldh the reeolutlon made provision for the brief , space of five minutes. Then the political play was continued and the resolution waa killed by lack ing 4 votes of a majority. In the political game the Democrats out-pointed the Republicans, The resolution as it was adopted by the senate stood .as the Republican excuse for Ignoring the Woods taxation commission bill, as it provided for referring to a Joint committee all the tux commission bills pending with instructions to report a bill next winter. The Demo crats, by killing tne resolution In the house, took away that excuBe. When the resolution came up yesterday the Republicans accepted amendments tii PRICE ID .

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Speaker Cannon and Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh were engaged at a two-hour conference, at the White House this afternoon. The necessity for the enactment of a tariff bill at the earliest possible moment was discussed, there being little reference to the details of the proposed legislation. Whether a definite policy was outlined at the conference could not be stated. That the manufacturers and other large Interests are demanding early tariff legislation and that- the business conditions of the country will be necessarily unsettled Until; the tariff schedules are finally fixed by Congress were the principal reasons given for the desire to permit nothing xo Interfere with prompt action by congress at the special session. v Republican Pledged to Act. The possible delay which the house "Insurgents may cause by promulgat ling a fight on the rule- i ." 'he further difficulties that may bi , . m the way of getting the tariff bill through without delay were thoroughly gone Into. The conferees agreed that every Re publican in the house and senate is pledged by the party piatrorm to Jet nothing Interfere with an Immediate rea'fTJon. f, Jasldent Taft told the tariff framers laU Saturday that his special message on tariff, revision' would contain no reference to specific schedules. Mr. Taft, however, has made a consistent fight for a genuine revision of the tariff and has let It be known In many ways that he 'would be satisfied with nothing less. In his inaugural address he frankly called attention to the I100.000.000 deficit which confronted his administration, and he suggested the possible necessity of an Inheritance tax to make up some of the future revenues. Franklin, MacVeagh has allowed himself to be quoted as to the possible necessity of a stamp box. Mav Rasort ta Othat Means. - - It is certain that since the conference today there Is a mora definite understanding as to what may and what may not be desired of the proposed new tariff as a revenue producer. If the conclusion has been reached that the tariff revision must be radical, provision in the bill may be looked for which will have for its purpose the raising of revenue by other means than a tax on Imports. Mr. MacVeagh was sworn in as secretary of the treasury at 3 and an hour later he was in conference with the president, the speaker of the house and the leader of the senate. Aether day of crowded offices and thn MU in the east room and other ava'iible portions of the White House was the record. President Taft, of necessity, gave much of his time to callers who wished merely to pay their respects. He, however, turned out an immense grist of mall, conferred at some length with Postmaster General Hitchcock, particularly regarding the successor of Collector Crum at Charleston, S. C-; saw many sonators and representatives who wished to make their peace at headquarters with reference to future patronage; lunched at the temporary residence of his brother, C. P. Taft, and tonight made one of a box party at a local theater. The president was given a rousing ovation when he entered his box at the theater. The play was "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary." The orchestra played "America" and the audience applauded for fully five minutes, Mr. Taft smilingly acknowledging the greeting. Mrs. Taft, Mr. and Mrs. Moore of Cincinnati, house guests at the White House, and Lieutenant Reed, U. S. N., were in the party. . Mrs. Taft was hostess at a box party In the afternoon at the Pader-ewskl recital. The party Included Mr. and Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Nicholas Anderson, Mrs. Charles Anderson and Miss Berry, the president's aunt. Straus May Go Abroad. While the information is unofficial, it is understood to be almost definitely settled, that former Secretary Straus of the department of commerce and labor, will be appointed ambassador to JSi. It is well known to1 those In tci ih with Mr, Straus that he leans toward a diplomatic career and the position of ambassador to Japan would appeal strongly to him. While he was secretary of commerce and labor, he had laregly to do with the Japanese immigration question and his attitude on that matter is known to have met the approval of the Japanese government. - Mr. Straus has reached no definite conclusion, but it is not unlikely that a formal announcement of his appointment to some important diplomatic post will be made In the near future. That President Taft contemplates a general trip through the South and West this autumn was indicated by him today, when he said he would try to attend the forty-ninth annual encampment of the G. A. R. to be held in Salt Lake City, Aug. 9 to 14. The invitation was extended by Senators Smoot and Sutherland of Utah, who alsf represented the executive commit! Jb of the G. A. R. President Taft eartrthat he should like very much to attend the meeting and It might be quite possible for him to do so in view of his Intended trip through the South and West. ' .,.-,. "The original Roosevelt club", from St. Paul got Into the White House today and brought back vivid memories of former times. The club was under -the guidance of Hugh T. Halbert, 75 strong. , Mr. Taf t accorded them a warm reception in the east room. The British ambassador and Mrs. Bryee paid their respects to President Continued on Second Page. N6. 68. VICTIMS OF SUNDAY JOHN 3AB0 (seated) AND ill -IT ; y The first named was killed. . George Sabo ia not expected to live at Mercy hospital. Frank Zido, who shot them, it in the city prison. H ON THE FREE LIST Duties on, Lumber Are Cut in Half in the Proposed New Tariff Law. Substantial Reduction Is Made in Steel Rails, Tools and Simi- . lar Products. By AmoclateA Praia to Stat Journal ! , WASHINGTON, March 8. A cut of one-half In the duties on lumber and manufactures of lumber is understood to be one of the changes provided by the new tariff bill . which is being printed preparatory to , its final revision by the Republican members of the house ways and means committee. Another change that has been made, according to information from reliable sources, is that hides have been placed on the free list. There has been much contention over the duties of these two articles. During the hearings of the lumber schedule the testimony was of such a character as to Jead to the impression that lumber would be put on the free list. It was said that the forests of the country could only be conserved by admitting foreign lumber free of duty. It is understood that Glfford Plnchot, chief forester, Is pre paring figures for the committee in a further effort to have lumber placed on the free list. Champ Clark declared at the hearings that the profits of the lumber Interests were unduly large. . . ? Representative Fordney of Michigan, a member of the committee, has championed the cause ' of the lumber men. and the latter have been working energetically to prevent the free entry of lumber. New Englanders for Free Hides. They contend that the rates of duty should be increased "in order that the American industry may compete with the cheaper labor employed in Canada and because of the better facilities for transportation afforded by the proximity of the Canadian . lumber camps to - waterways. - The effort to obtain free hides . Is being made principally by the . New England shoe and leather manufacturers and is strongly opposed by the cattlemen of the West. It is said the tariff framers have agreed to a material reduction on leather manufactures.An impression prevails that the plan Is to have the hide and leather schedule fixed in conference after the questions have - been thoroughly threshed out on the floor of the house, In the senate finance committee and on the floor of the senate. While no figures were obtainable regarding the steel schedule, It was stated on the same authority that a substantial reduction in the duty of steel rails, tools and similar products is provided for. A duty of four cents a pound on coffee Is levied. This is by way of compromise with the Porto Ricans, who demanded a tax of six cents a pound. . Whisky and beer will remain as they are at present, if the sub-committee's recommendations are enacted into law. It was felt that whisky was already carrying all the tax it could stand, while In the case of beer the prohibition movement throughout the country, it was explained, had cut down the consumption of beer, and it was felt that it would be a hardship to Impose any further tax. It having become manifest to the committee that the duties derived from customs under the new bill would not produce the revenue expected, they turned to the expedient of reviving the war revenue act of 1898, which placed a tax on telegrams, bank receipts, playing cards and all stocks bought or sold. That feature of the -war rer-enue act Is Incorporated in the measure as drafted, it is said. A matter which Ms perplexing ' the committee is that of plaolng a tax on inheritances. (. President Taft wants it, it Is declared, and Is pressing the committee to take action. alonV that Continued on Second Paa. DES ARE PLACED NIGHTS SHOOTING HIS BROTHER, GEORGE 8ABO. y- BLOWS UP. THEN SINKS Spanish" Steamer Mouro Lost Off Cape De La Chevre. (By Aaaoclated Praa to Stata Journal. BREST, March 8. The Spanish steamer Mouro has sunk about! two miles off Cape DeLa Chevre.; The fate of the crew is unknown, no boats from the ship having been seen. A fishing boat reports that the Mouro was swept by the heavy seas on a ledge of rocks and that the boilers blew up almost Immediately, the steamer sinking like a stone. --t One of the whale boats pf. the vessel had been washed, ashorty butvit , was empty. - ..- . -' . 'V -, The steani'.'r Moure-was hound tfroni Huelva for London and was last' reported at Perrol on- Feb, 13 in a damaged condition. She was 1137 tons. E Tl SB II IS Youth Loses Control of His Balloon and Falls 4000 Feet Into Waters of the Pacific. By Aaaoclated Pros to Staita JournaJ.l SAN PEDRO, Cal., March 8. While hundreds watched his frantic efforts to control a great ballon, which was swiftly bearing him out over the Pacific ocean, this afternoon, Lester Elk- Ins, 20 years old, an amateur aeronaut, soared 4000 feet Into the air before he cut loose his parachute and dropped Into the waters of the outer harbor to his death. As th stiff wind carried him out to sea, boatmen hastily left the inner har bor in launches to rescue him, but ow ing to the high wind their efforts were useless. , , ." As the huge bag arose it careened and carried rapidly out over the water. Elkins tried desperately to guide it back to the" land by swinging from the bar below, , but Boon the balloon was far out to sea. The parachute filled after he had. fallen a short distance, but was caught by the wind and carried him still further out and he fell in the ocean a mile beyond Dead Man's Island. Elkins came to California a few months ago from San Antonio, Texas, where his mother now lives. His body has not been recovered. DISCHARGED, HE SHOOTS Railroad Cashier Kills the Agent and Takes Own Life." By Associated Preai to Btait Joumat. DEVILS LAKE, N. D.,' March 8. E. M. Bryant, cashier of the Great Northern depot at Devil's Lake, shot O. J. Hoepner, the agent, through the head today and then turned the revolver to his own head, shooting himself. The shooting occurred In the Great Northern depot. Hoepner died on the way to the hospital and Bryant died shortly before noon. . Hoepner discharged Bryant yesterday and when the latter arrived at the office this morning, he found Auditor W. W. Howard of the Great Northern there to check him out. Bryant, on seeing the auditor, drew a revolver from his desk drawer and fired at Hoepner, who dropped to the floor. Auditor Howard has been unable to ascertain the exact alleged , shortage in Bryant's accounts, being unable to open the safe, the combination which was known only oy woepner. Both men leave large families.. Village Has Bad Fire. ' WOOSTER, March 8. Fire caied' a loss of 112,000 to (15,000 in the village ot Marshallvllle this morning.' Residences occupied 'by E. G. Pilklngton, Dr. William Pfouts and Mrs. Jacob Welmer and Hlnderer block. occunlel by Pilklngton's bakery and Dr, Pfout's office were consumed. The building of the Marshallvllle Baking company and residence of Dr. J. N. Sheldon were badly damaged. The owner carried but little insurance. ' ' COLUMBUS, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1909. BENNETT KILLS SELF 16 OFFICE Superintendent of Wyandotte Building Fires Bullet Into His Brain. HAD POOR HEALTH Dead Body Found by Janitors Several Hours After the Trsgrdy. With a self-inflicted wound in. his right temple, from which were oozing blood and brains, and with a long cut in the back of the head, Jesse yi. Bennett, 62 years old, superintendent of the Wyandotte building In West Broad street, was found in his office on the seventh floor of that structure at 7 o'clock last evening. Near the body lay' a 38-caliber revolver containing wo shells, one of which had been .exploded. The man had been dead more than an hour. ' The discovery was made by; two colored Janitors, who notified several tenants of the building. Dr. j. W. Lisle, 29 West Broad street, was called, but found that death had been instantaneous and medical attention wuid be of no avail. Soon after he arrived at the office he was Joined by ut. w. u. Hamilton and Dr. O. H. Sei-lenings, who also made an examination of the body. Falls on Letter File. The bullet had entered the right temple and taken an upward course, shattering the skull and crashing through the brain. The roll toD desk In the office was open and his revolv ing chair wits turned as to indicate that the fatal shot had been fired while Mr. Bennett wes seated and had turned from his desk, upon which were a number of papers. There were slight burns near the wound and some discoloration, which would indicate that the shot had been fired at close range. The right hand was clutched Just as It would have been had it held , the revolver. At first glance It appeared that Mr. Bennett had been a victim of foul play, as the long, deep cut in the back of the head Indicated a blow from some sharp object. On investigation, however, it was found that the .man In falling front the chair had struck his head upon the edge of a -letter file which wa?i near his 4ekv- On .this wt. fount half.' a tbloed.v' ' ...... ; Irt Poor Health for' Some' Time, The revolver, which lay In the mid dle of the floor, was a S8-caliber of the Smith & Wesson make.. It was new, and from all appearances had never been fired but once. This led to the belief that it had J"t .been purchased. Mr. Bennett was Seen about the building as late a 4:45 p. m., and ap peared to be cheerful and in the best of numor. He talked to several tenants.Friends say Mr. Bennett has been In 111 health for some time, and Just recently suffered from a hemorrhage of the lungs, which greatly worried him. He had remarked to some of his personal friends that he feared that he had tuberculosis. He also complained of other ailments, and It is believed by men closely associated with him that worry over the condition of his health temporarily unbalanced his mind. He was naturally of a cheerful disposition, although peculiar In his Mr. Bennett had been superintendent of the Wyandotte building Blnce its completion 14 years ago. He was formerly employed in local banks. He held various positions with the old National Exchange bank and the Huntington National bank. After he left the former institution he accepted a position with the Nelsonvllle Coal company. Ill health compelled him to resign from the Huntington bank and he went to Nebraska, where he took charge of some real estate owned and controlled by a syndicate of Columbus men. For many years Mr. Bennett lived at 43 South Fourth street and Just recently traded hia home at that number for residence property at 31 Jefferson avenue, where he has made' his home. Mr. Deshler Break News. Shortly after the tragedy, John G. Deshler went to the Bennett home to break the news of the death of the husband and father. Mrs. Bennett Is related to the Deshler family. She Is the adopted daughter, of John G. Deshler, a brother of William G. Deshler, who died more than 20 years ago. She was known as Miss Alice Deshler before her marriage. Mr. Bennett leaves besides the widow, two daughters, Miss Sarah Bennett and Mrs. Frederick Jeffers, and one son, John Bennett, the latter employed by the Ohio Paper company. In addition to his duties as superintendent of the Wyandotte building he had charge of the Deshler building at Broad and High streets and did considerable work in" looking after Deshler properties. After being viewed by Coroner Hanes the body was removed to the R. E. Jones undertaking establishment In East Broad street, where it will be prepared for burial. While Mr. Bennett was known as Jesse by his many friends, his name was Joshua and he was so called by his older associates. AERONAUTS IN A RIVER Mistake Sandbar for Shore and Nearly Drown. By Associated Press to State Journal. ANTWERP, March 8. Henri Le-blanc and Louis Dupont, French aeronauts, had a narrow escape from ieath by drowning today while crossing the river Scheldt In a balloon. They mistook a sandbar in the middle of the river for the shore and started to dome down. They missed the bar and struck the water, the wind driving the car over the surface. The two men were forced to climb into the rigging, but were time and again Immersed. Finally the balloon was driven to the shore and the two men, half drowned, were rescued. Teach English in Gautemala. , MEXICO City, March 8. Hereafter the English language will be taught In all the public school of Guatemala. TAKES SMALL DRUGSTORE Roosevelt Well Supplied With Medicines and Instruments. By Associated Preai to Statt Journal. NEW YORK, March 8.r-MedIcIne enough f,or a regiment and surgical instruments enough to do the work of an ordinary hospital will be carried by Theodore Roosevelt to Africa, all' condensed so as to fill a suit case. There are 15,000 doses In the tabloids, nearly 40 per cent of them quinine. The other medicines are to ward off diseases most prevalent In equatorial Africa, chemicals to make swamp water pure and palatable, cures for snake bites; stimulants, opiates, knives and bandages. ' These supplies, packed In unbreakable and air-tight bottles of avulcanite- composition, fit Into an aluminum case 15 by 10 by 8. Major Edgar A. Meams, U. S. A., retired, medical director of Hie Roosevelt expedition, dictated the selection of medicines to be carried. Liquids find no place In the assortment nor In the outfit for developing photographs prepared for Kermit Roosevelt by the same firm and put up In equally condensed form. FOUR KILLED II Town of Brinkley in Flames and Relief Is Rushed from Neighboring City.' Tornado Hits Passenger Train and Hurls It from Track. Many Injured. By Associated Press to Slat Journall LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Match 8. Four persons are reported dead and a number injured, as the result of a vio lent storm which swept through western, eastern and southern Arkansas late this afternoon and tonight. Three are reported to have been killed at Brinkley and dispatches at midnight on the only wire In operation between that place and Little Rock, a railroad wire, were to the effect that the town was in flames and its complete destruction seemed Inevitable.Wires are down throughout the state and onty meager reports have reached Ltttl5 Rock thus far. ACfftittltilgbt '- Wjti) . train., bearing physicians and nurses and the fire lighting apparatus of thut place, was started from Forrest City for Brinkley. Those reported to have been killed at Brinkley are: Daughter of T. M. Burch. Foote, merchant. , Starrett, merchant. A Cotton Belt passenger train, due in Little Rock at 6:30 tonight, is lost In the vicinity of Baucum, where a tornado struck and Is reported to have been swept off the track. Another report Is to the effect that the train was struck by lightning. A tornado struck at Fourche Dam at 5 o'clock this afternoon, within five miles of Little Rock, killing a negro boy and injuring other negroes. Two houses were demolished and one was completely destroyed by fire after it had been blown to bits. Several negroes are reported to be fatally hurt. Family Buried in Debris. . The tornado crossed the Arkansas river at Fourche Dam and raised a spout ot water about 200 feet high. It traveled toward the northeast and swept a clean path about 60 yards wide. It was impossible to get any definite reports from that vicinity tonight. The tornado was followed by a violent hall and rain storm, which kept up throughout the night. The same tornado passed into Baucum, where the extent of the damage is also unknown and from there to Kerr in Lake county, where several homes were demolished and E. B. Adams, a farmer, was seriously, if not fatally injured. He, with his wife, son, and three others, were in the house at the time of the storm. They were buried In the debris, but all escaped alive. The home of Dan Wagner, a sawmill operator, ' near there, was also destroyed, but he and his wlfo escaped with a few bruises. A gin and several negro cabins were demolished. All the windows of a train, between Gurdon and Rester, were blown out At Malvern the Methodist church was entirely destroyed at a loss of $6000. The Baptist church was damaged, a portion of the courthouse was unroofed and other extensive damage was done. No loss of life was reported, although the extent of the damage in the surrounding country was not known. COLD WAVE IN TEXA3. DALLAS, Texas, March 8. A cold wave prevails over northern and eastern Texas today following ' a rain nf several hours.' It is feared the fruit crop will be destroyed if a predicted e , - w. I i. . MURDEROUS CHIEF CRAZY Indian Who Ran Amuck at Station Has Hallucinations. By Associated Press to State Journal.) CINCINNATI, Maroh 8. Blcody, the Navajo Indian chief who recently ran amuck here in the Grand Central station and cut three persons, was examined by Dr. David Wolfstein, alienist, today, and pronounced Insane. Blcody has the hallucination that voices told him to kll the victims of his rage in order to save himself. He also believes that the palei. es have killed his wife since ha left Arizona Prosecutor Hunt of Hamilton county will ask the secretary of the Interior to take! steps to have the government pay damages to the victims of Bicody's knife. . . Burglars Steal Wooden Leg. NEW ORLEANS, March 8. A decidedly unique burglary was reported to the police last night by A. L. Robert. The most valuable article taken from Robert's room, was his wooden leg, on which the owner placed an intrinslo value of 1100. STORM OHIO HORARY, COLUMBU3, ROCKEFELLER'S CHURCH SEEKS HIM REV. DR. GEORGE B. CUTTEN, fkSi' " (I 1 ; -jr'. ii,.. ,.-. i !.' -.; ,. f 1 - . I ' V - - f4 - v ' " l mil Pastor of First Baptist church, who from the Euclid Avenue Baptist tends in Cleveland, The committee had heard Rev. Dr. -Cutten preach Sunday and the members of it were well pleased. They are anxious to have him go to Cleveland. POLICE BELIEVE COLTZ WAS -HERE Murderer of Fannie Hagelganz Said to Have Been in Columbus Last Thursday. Last Columbus Man Who Saw Her Alive Thinks There Is a Will. Columbus police have Information that Frank Coltz, wanted In connec tion with the murder of Fannie Hagelganz, near Morgans, spent last Thurs day night in Columbus. This was the night before the murder was discov ered. Clrclevllle authorities all along have felt that the man had a pal In this city and they believe they ore now on his track. The police officials also claim to have information, which they are not ready to divulge, leading them to believe that they can put their hands on Coltz In a few days and that he has not left the country, as was first im agined. The natural Inference from tnis is that he did not secure the money which it was supposed he got. ' Coroner Courtnglit of Pickaway county said yesterday he had not been fruitful of important developments. He also said an officer from Clrclevllle would arrive in Columbus today In an effort to locate the gold watch and the diamond ring belonging to the dead woman, which are believed to have been pawned here. Inquest Today. The coroner's inquest will tie held at Clrclevllle today and it is expected that Important revelations will be made In the testimony. Captain Dyer of the local police force is greatly Interested in the case, but finds it lmpo ible to accept the conclusion of the Pickaway officials that Coltz spent one or two nights with the dead body. That runs counter to almost all criminal experience. He be lieves, also, that Coltz must have a friend or associate nearer than Columbus and that when that person Is found the whereabouts of the missing man will be more readily ascertained. According to Dyer it is not necessarily the work of an exception ally clever criminal, as natural conditions assisted, so materially in covering 'Up the crime. Peter Zapp of 808 East Mound street probably Is the last person from Co lumbus who saw the dead woman alive and the only one, so far found, who met and would recognize the missing Coltz. Zapp visited the Hagelganz farm February 6, and stayed there for dinner and supper, at both of which meals he sat at the table with Coltz, In general his description answers to that already furnished, hut he emphasizes the evil look of the man and he told his wife, on returning home, that he didn't like the looks of . the man "Fannie had working for her." It seems that Coltz .was engaged In grubbing and MIsb Hagelganz told Zapp that he (Coltz) was no good with horses. Zapp describes the man as having deep-set eyes with prominent, dark eyebrow's. He says he had a sort of insolent stare and talked in a snarl-lng fashion. ': ' In January Zapp bought a load of hogs from Miss Hagelganz, paying her 65 in cash for them. It was the only financial transaction he had -with her recently. Believes There Is a Will. Zapp Is convinced the woman had made a will. She asked hira and his brother Charles to be pallbearers In the event of her dying.' She told them that she had arranged that each of her pallbearers was to receive $50. This conversation was not known to those who had her funeral In charge. The Zappa attended the obsequies Sunday and when the story reached the ears of the funeral party, two of the selected pallbearers Immediately gave way and the Messrs. Zapp assisted. at the last rites. Mr. Zapp had known the dead woman Continued on ttlxtk STATE 1909 OHIO was visited yesterday by a committee church, which John D. Rockefeller at NEWLYWEDS FIRED UPON o Shot Crash Through Window and Pass Over Bed. By jaoclated Press to 8tte Journal. ' MOBILE, Ala., March 8. A special from Jackson, Miss., says that Jesse Davis, a well-to-do farmer of DeSoto county, was married Friday and took nis bride to his home the same night. Early in the night there was a call at the gate, but the groom declined to respond. Soon after the couple retired fop the night a load of buckshot was fired through a wlnddvjf passing over the bed barely missing the-' bride and groom. CHURCH DFTHEOILKING SEEKS COLUMBUS PASTOH Eucid Ave. Baptist Church of Cleveland Would Like to Secure Rev. George B. Cutten. Rev. George B. Cutten, pastor of the First Baptist church in East Broad street, was paid a high compliment yesterday when a delegation of officers and members of the Euclid Ave nue Baptist church of Cleveland, of which John D. Rockefeller is a mem ber, called on him and discussed with him the possibilities of his accepting a call to that church. The pastorate has been held by Dr. Charles Eaton, who resigned some time ago and is now preaching in New York City. The Euclid Avenue church Is one of the richest in the Middle West and annually expends $40,000 In religious work. . It is located In the downtown district of Cleveland and has become famous as the place of worship of the oil king and other wealthy and prominent citizens of the Forest. City. , Rev. Mr. Cutten came to Columbus In October of 1907 and has made many mends during his stay In this city. IXo formal call was Issued to Rev. Mr. Cutten and it is said in all probability he would not accept one from the Cleveland church. SLAIN BY HIGHWAYMAN Girl S 4ps Robber and He Then Shoots Her. By Associated Press to Stat Journal. BALTIMORE, ... March 8. Jennie Reed, aged 21, of this city, was mur dered tonight by a' highwayman at Mount Washington, a -residence suburb. She and Joseph Mueller, to whom she was engaged to be married were on the way to visit friends at Mount Washington and, according to Mueller's statement, left the car at South avenue. When they had walked nail a block and were in a lonelv place they .were stopped by a man, who, leveling a pistol, called for their valuables. Mueller,- he ' says, ' gave up what money he had, and then the highwayman demanded a necklace worn by Miss Reed. Her reply was a slap In the-face, .upon' receiving which the man fired, the bullet striking the gtrl behind , the left ear. She was' carried into a nearby house, but death had been almost Instantaneous. The highwayman disappeared and Is being diligently sought by the police. Mueller, who appears to have been the only witness to the, shooting, was placed under arrest. V , Last December Mueller received a threatening anonymous letter, in which he was warned that if he did not cease his attentions, to Miss Reed he would be made to , suffer. Some time thereafter there came to him by mall a box of candles, the contents of wnicn were round to have contained poison.' The sender of the package iim never unn aiecovereu. Poisoned by Fricaseed Chicken. BERLIN, March 8. Ninety-four nurses and attendants of the Vlrchow hospital are suffering slightly from ptomaine poisoning, following the eat ing or rricaseea chicken. One cunt In Orentn Columbua. Xho rente at alt other point. SENATORS SPIT Special Order for Direct Legisla- . tion Starts a Series of Clashes. ' MORE DUE TODAY House Members Spend Hours of Session Playing for Political Points. Probably, the livelv fieht of tnAav iit be on the initiative and referendum resolution, which yesterday came from the house amended out of all .am biance to the original draft. It is still umciently obnoxious to draw a stronaj vpvuBiuun in the senate, though It riggiea through the lower body bv a narrow margin. Yesterday Senator Mather 'nrenlni. tated a temporary whirlwind skirmish oy moving its reference to the Judiciary committee, declaring it to be with- ' out precedent that a constitutional amendment was, proposed without iu Having oeen considered by the Judiciary committee of botn bodies. Senator Baker sought to Intervene avith iiiuiiuii to inaennitely postpone,' but was ruled to be out of order Senator Huffman, Democratic leader, charged that Mather's motion was only a subterfuge which aimed- at the ulti mate nmomering of the resolution in-committee. Consideration, such as Mather demanded would be impossible, as the senator must know. "If you are going to kill the proposition, do it in the open," Huffman challenge Don't get it into a closet and murder it." Duval and Mather Scrap. The charge that Senator Mather waa not sincere in his motion was made by Senator Duval, Republican, who hue championed the initiative and referendum ever since he entered the senate. Mather replied warmly, declaring Du- val must know the amendment could not be submitted to the people until after the next session of the legislature and demanding o know why this unseemly haste was persisted in by me iriBiiuM vi me measurp; why op-' portunity for consideration . bv t'i committee was opposed. ' Mather declared this frantic effort to have the resolution rushed through tne senate was not due by any means , to the enthusiasm of the friends of the measure. Jn this body; Back of it' all waa the imluenee and- prsev!rri(u or one man. woom- fie doubted not most of the senators could, nanre-'wl nvho-, at that moment sat within the iounl of his voice. Up in the gallery Rev. Herbert Blgelow of Cincinnati, cham plon of direct legislation,;, listened expressionless. . - . ' "The senator well knows why this urgency obtains," Senator Duval re plied. "It U to lessen the haste neces-sury in educating the people. If this resolution is adopted now its friends will have a year longer in which to press it before the public. That is the reason we desire to have it adopted now. "It isn't for us to say whether there shall be an amendment or not. It is for a higher authority than us to do-' cide. It is for the will of the sovereign people to declare." Bigelow'a Boundaries Defined. Senator Patterson arose and with a brief explanation read a letter from a-Cincinnati man In which it was stated that Rev. Mr. Blgelow had instructed friends of the initiative and referendum In Cincinnati to send telegrams and letters before Monday evening,-especially to Senator Crawford, as the , resolution was coming up, for a vote Monday evening. "I sat here the other day," Patterson said, "and heard a senator protest against being driven to vote for a measure. Now I want to know who is driving the affairs of this senate? How did this man who belongs neither to this house, the other house, nor to any other save the house of God, know what was going to be done this even ing?" Patterson also argued for consideration for the measure - at the hands of the committee. The motion to refer to the Judiciary committee waa lost by a vote of 18 to 13. ' Voting against reference - werei Alsdorf. Bader Beatty, Cretone Cory. Crawford, Dean, Duval, Gillette, Huff man, Keller, Lawyer, MeK.ee, Mahaf-fey Keller, Shaffer, Thompson and Williams. Absent were: Cameron, GotBhall and Yount, Senator Baker moved to table the resolution, but his motion waa lost, 28 to $ Then Senator Duval's motion to make the resolution a special order for 10:05 a. m. today waa adopted. PLAYING FOR POINTS f HOUSE DOES MUCH Amends Clevenger Resolution and Kills It, But Passes Several Important Bills. Playing for political points and tor nothing else, the Republican and the Democrats of the house yeatariiajr managed . unthinkingly and uninten tionally so to revamp the Clevenger taxation resolution as to make it a possible' instrument for procuring valuable data fori the framing, next session, of laws for the taxation of public service corporations. This was to fee . by a probe of these corporations, for whldh the reeolutlon made provision for the brief , space of five minutes. Then the political play was continued and the resolution waa killed by lack ing 4 votes of a majority. In the political game the Democrats out-pointed the Republicans, The resolution as it was adopted by the senate stood .as the Republican excuse for Ignoring the Woods taxation commission bill, as it provided for referring to a Joint committee all the tux commission bills pending with instructions to report a bill next winter. The Demo crats, by killing tne resolution In the house, took away that excuBe. When the resolution came up yesterday the Republicans accepted amendments tii PRICE ID .